I've always loved holidays who doesn't, right? But this is different, this isn't a holiday in a hotel watching the same entertainment for two weeks and ordering the same pitcher night after night, oh no. This is full on adventures: learning about new cultures, last minute decisions, meeting new people, trying street food and sleeping on lumpy hostel mattresses with people who will become your life long friends. I wanna travel.
Of course I'm not ruling out lying on a beach for a day and catching some rays and by no means am I excluding the odd cocktail here and there but these places I want to travel to are where I want to immerse myself in the cultures, meet local people and explore everything they have to offer.
I'm working a lot at the moment saving for my first car and hopefully by the end of this year I will be driving round town in a little rust bucket I've earned all off my own back but what about after that? What am I going to work towards? I've been thinking recently that I've never really been a mega adventurous person and I kind of what that to change. So, when I've got my car and I'm tootling around town hopefully my savings will once again start to build, but this time for travelling; seeing the world, meeting new people and making life long memories.
PLACES I WANT TO TRAVEL TO
- Italy: I want to taste the food, take a picture with the Leaning Tower of Pisa, dip my toes in Lake Garda and go to a show in Milan fashion week.
- Greece: In particular Santorini and Mykonos. Walking the cobbled streets along the white buildings and through food markets would put me in the setting one of my all time favourite films 'Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants' which is when I fell in love with the beautiful country.
- Venice: Of course I want to ride on a Gondola and have a man in a striped t-shirt and straw hat sing to me whilst floating under bridges and past small buildings draped with fairy lights, doesn't everyone?
- Rome: The Colosseum would be a dream to visit, walk around and watch a show in. I think this is a place I would love to go with my mum as I know she shares the same love for the Colosseum's beauty.
- Paris: This is a must for me, I would have to try snails, frogs legs and of course walk up to the highest point of the Eiffel Tower.
- Dubai: This is one of the exceptions to a hostel! Just for one night I would need to stay in a luxury hotel and be treated like royalty before going off quad biking in a desert somewhere and wandering through the back street markets.
- Hawaii: This is where in the world I want to learn to surf, swim with dolphins and in dream world meet Alex O'Loughlin from Hawaii Five-0 ...
- India: Mainly for the cuisine but also for the amazingly bright and colourful traditional clothing. I would take pictures in front of the Taj Mahal and the India Gate and shop at tiny shops and huts for souvenirs.
- Amsterdam: Visiting Anne Frank's house and reading her accounts is definitely a big part of my travel plans. Also, hiring a bike and joining in on the chaotic road systems would be a lot of fun.
- South Africa: a dream of mine is to go on Safari and I couldn't think of any place better therefore this country definitely makes it on my list.
- Australia: Sydney Opera House, hold a Koala bear and Great Barrier Reef scuba diving. Must I say any more?
- New Zealand: this one is more personal for me as I have a lot of family over on the other side of the world I've never met and would love to. It's a goal of mine to get to them one day.
- Las Vegas: visit the strip, watch the fountain show, take a picture with the famous sign and watch Elvis live (who else!)
- San Francisco: to take a picture with the Golden Gate Bridge and ride the cable cars.
- NYC: to do well everything possible! Visit the World Trade Center memorial, Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Central Park, Flat Iron building, Grand Central Station, Empire State and even Wall St. I could go on all day!
- Hollywood: Take a hike up to the sign, walk Hollywood Boulevard and take pictures with every iconic star on the Walk of Fame!
- Seattle: Purely for the Space Needle, it's featured in a series of books I once read and a film I love and ever since I've needed to go.
- Route 66: take endless pictures of the sign, search for Aliens and drive in a soft top car with good food, friends and music along the way (ultimate road trip!)
- Rio De Janeiro: I would love to be lucky enough to go to Rio and witness a carnival and visit the Christ the Redeemer statue.
- Maldives: If I ever get married this will be my honeymoon destination, have you seen the place! Literally like another world.
And that's it! All the places I would love to travel to and explore before I miss my chance.
Do you have a travel bucket list? Do any of the countries on my list make it onto yours? If they do is there something you want to do that I haven't mentioned? Let me know!
Until next time, Toni. xo
